Netherlands
Sovereign backs MBO of Xendo
Life sciences consultancy will undertake a buy-and-build growth strategy
Pamplona-backed Beacon acquires Ascendos
Portfolio build-up will enable Beacon Rail Leasing to expand its fleet of locomotives
Endeavour et al. lead $25m series-D for Endostim
Endeavour Vision led the funding round alongside Gimv and Wellington Partners
Bencis Capital acquires majority stake in BRB
Buyout is financed via Bencis's fourth buyout fund, the €408m Bencis Buyout Fund IV vehicle
EclecticIQ secures €5.5m in series-A round
Amsterdam-based start-up collaborates with Nato on threat intelligence software technologies
Gimv backs €10m Arplas MBO
Management team acquires a minority stake in the welding technology supplier alongside the GP
Gimv acquires 40% stake in Joolz
Investment firm invests alongside the company's managing director and founder
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Avantium raises €20m in round led by PMV
The funds will be used to commercialise Avantium's bio-based packaging material
Gimv et al. lead €36m series-A for G-Therapeutics
Listed buyout house Gimv invested €6m in the funding round led by LSP and Inkef
Gimv and Draper sell GreenPeak to Qorvo
Sellers include Robert Bosh Venture Capital, Gimv Arkiv Technology Fund and other shareholders
Forbion closes third fund on $208m
The VC has bolstered its Munich-based team hiring Matthias Falcenberg as an analyst
Bluebee raises €10m series-A from Capricorn et al.
Backers include family office Kory and Biover II
Baxalta and Medicxi lead €7m series-A for Gadeta
Backers include Utrecht Holdings, founders and the management team
HgCapital buys Raet from CVC
CVC Capital exits the HR services business after five-year holding period
Avedon acquires Dutch HR agency Olympia from NIBC
Entrepreneur-focused merchant bank NIBC exits six years after acquiring the Hague-based company
Anterra's food and agriculture tech fund holds $125m close
Anterra also expands from its headquarters in Amsterdam with the opening of an office in Boston
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Tiqets raises $4m series-A
Fresh funding will be used to develop the company's offering in new cities
Towerbrook in swift partial exit from Van Geloven
GP bought a majority stake from Lion Capital and Avedon back in March 2015
TIIN Capital and Brabant in €2m seed round for SendCloud
SendCloud will use the growth capital to expand in Europe later this year
Ventech leads InSided’s €6m series-A
The deal is the 18th for Ventech’s €110m fourth fund, according to an unquote” source
Nordian Capital takes majority stake in BouWatch
Dutch private equity firm splits off security equipment provider from local parent
Holtzbrinck leads $6.9m round for Bux
Financing comes after the fintech business raised $1.9m from Initial Capital in September 2015